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Ἡμιολία · one and a half times as much (η 340) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near η340

η336Mimallones
η337half-bushel
η338for us, to us
η339hemina
η340one and a half times as much
η341multiplying by one-and-a-half
η342one-and-a-half-bankers
η343half as much again
η344mule yoke

Suda/Η eta/η340

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Ἡμιολία

one and a half times as much

Translated by Catharine Roth28 Aug 2006Vetting: high3 revisions

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2 notes · 50 words

Translation

[Meaning] half of the total [sc. in addition].¹
"That provisions be given to those who chose to serve in his army, one and a half times the amount now being given."²
Also [sc. attested is the genitive] h(mioli/as ["of half again as much"],³ [meaning] of a half [sc. in addition].

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἡμιολία· τὸ ἥμισυ τοῦ κεφαλαίου. δίδοσθαι δὲ ὀψώνιον τοῖς στρατεύειν αἱρουμένοις παρ' αὐτῷ, ἡμιόλιον τοῦ νῦν διδομένου. καὶ Ἡμιολίας, ἡμίσεως.

Betacode

*(hmioli/a: to\ h(/misu tou= kefalai/ou. di/dosqai de\ o)yw/nion toi=s strateu/ein ai(roume/nois par' au)tw=|, h(mio/lion tou= nu=n didome/nou. kai\ *(hmioli/as, h(mi/sews.

Notes (2)

[1] Same glossing in other lexica; and cf. eta 341, eta 343.
2Quotation unidentifiable. ↩
3Evidently quoted from somewhere. Glossed as feminine genitive singular of h(mio/lios, but in other lexica it is glossed as feminine accusative plural.

Linked from3 entries

η341Ἡμιολιασμόςmultiplying by one-and-a-halfAntiphon [uses this term] in the sense of giving one-and-a-half times [as much].
η343Ἡμιόλιοςhalf as much againIt is a number which comprises another whole and the half of itself.
η352Ἥμισυςhalf[Genitive] h(mi/seos. And [in the neuter] h(/misu, [genitive] h(mi/seos.

Neighbouring entries

η338Ἡμῖνfor us, to us η339Ἡμίναhemina η340Ἡμιολίαone and a half times as much η341Ἡμιολιασμόςmultiplying by one-and-a-half η342Ἡμιολίαιςone-and-a-half-bankers

Revision history3 revisions · last 17 Dec 2012

17 Dec 2012Revised — David Whitehead
21 Mar 2011tweak — David Whitehead
29 Aug 2006augmented notes and keywords; added note number; other cosmetics — David Whitehead
28 Aug 2006Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἡμιολία (Adler number eta 340), trans. Catharine Roth, 28 Aug 2006. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/eta/340

Translation by Catharine Roth for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗